Outputs
The Ayre P-5xe offers one pair of balanced (XLR) outputs and one pair of unbalanced (RCA) outputs. Although both sets of outputs are always active regardless of which input (balanced or unbalanced) is used, it is normally recommended to only use one set of outputs at a time.
Note that the level of the unbalanced outputs will be 6 dB lower than the balanced outputs.
AC Power
The phono preamplifier draws Connect the Ayre P-5xe to an unswitched AC power
only a small amount of power source. The front panel LED will glow blue to
and is designed to be left on at indicate that the unit is powered. Although
all times. proprietary RFI (radio-frequency interference) filtering is built into the CD player, in some situations an AC power-line filter (such as those offered by Ayre) may provide additional sonic benefits.
